Those familiar with 12th Avenue's east-west bi-section of Vancouver (from Boundary Road to the extraterritoriality of UBC) will have noticed the gauntlet of trees between Kingsway and Fraser, how they have grown so big that some of them are now over the curb and onto the road.
On Friday CoV engineers closed off the stretch between Kingsway and Fraser to remove a fallen tree, not as a result of high winds but because our dry summer and fall had weakened its base, making it even more susceptible to car and truck vibration.
I happened upon this removal while walking back from the Kingsgate Mall on Friday afternoon. The fallen tree had already been cut up and loaded onto a truck, but the road remained closed because CoV workers were taking down another. I assumed it was a preventative measure, but asked why nonetheless.
"It's full metals. From all the sideswiping. That one's trunk is encrusted with mirror fragments."
What a beautiful image.
"After a while the trees absorb the metals and get sick."
"Is that what felled the other tree? Sickness?"
"It's all related."
Oh my god.
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